Popular baby names in Iowa, 1975

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (1,002 babies) and Jason for boys (930). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 36,931 babies born in Iowa in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1975

Names given at least 15 times in Iowa that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Mindi: 16 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Mindy: 58 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Sara: 219 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jami: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Joni: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jodi: 123 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Darcy: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Karrie: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kari: 83 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jody: 61 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Curt: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Darin: 51 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Trent: 36 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Cory: 129 babies, 4× the national rate
Tim: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Chad: 567 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jeff: 39 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kent: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Heath: 50 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Rick: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,002	–	1
2	Amy	687	–	2
3	Heather	542	–	3
4	Angela	490	–	5
5	Melissa	395	↑1	4
6	Michelle	365	↓1	6
7	Sarah	299	–	17
8	Kimberly	256	↑1	7
9	Lisa	249	↓1	8
10	Stephanie	247	–	9
11	Nicole	224	–	10
12	Sara	219	↑3	54
13	Amanda	216	↑26	14
14	Julie	213	↓2	18
15	Jessica	206	↑6	13
16	Jill	189	↑2	46
17	Rebecca	187	↓4	11
18	Kelly	185	↓2	16
19	Carrie	161	↓2	29
20	Elizabeth	160	↑10	15
21	Dawn	149	↓7	23
22	Laura	148	↑9	20
23	Erin	146	↑14	38
24	Christina	141	↑12	12
25	Heidi	138	↓3	66
26	Andrea	130	↑14	28
27	Mary	129	↑2	19
28	Emily	126	↑14	48
29	Stacy	125	↓10	34
30	Jodi	123	↑11	94
31	Tracy	121	↓7	24
32	Tara	119	–	41
33	Tina	118	↓13	35
34	Shannon	117	↓7	21
35	Wendy	117	↓2	33
36	Brenda	112	↓8	67
37	Christine	110	↓3	22
38	Susan	107	↓15	32
39	Tammy	107	↓13	31
40	Lori	106	↓15	39
41	Rachel	104	↓6	26
42	Holly	98	↑5	55
43	Stacey	96	↓5	44
44	Danielle	90	↓1	42
45	Megan	85	new	69
46	Tiffany	84	new	37
47	Amber	83	new	59
48	Kari	83	↑1	>100
49	Teresa	81	↓3	61
50	Tonya	81	new	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jason	930	–	2
2	Michael	741	–	1
3	Matthew	715	–	9
4	Christopher	581	↑2	3
5	Chad	567	–	27
6	Brian	537	↓2	8
7	Ryan	462	↑4	23
8	Jeremy	441	↑5	24
9	David	416	↓2	5
10	Eric	364	↑5	13
11	Daniel	362	↑3	11
12	James	358	↓2	4
13	John	350	↓4	7
14	Scott	344	↓6	17
15	Robert	339	↓3	6
16	Joshua	333	↑4	26
17	Jeffrey	326	↓1	14
18	Aaron	294	↑1	32
19	Timothy	262	↓1	22
20	Mark	261	↓3	19
21	Andrew	253	↑3	28
22	Joseph	230	↑8	12
23	Steven	230	↓2	18
24	Travis	225	↓2	51
25	Justin	222	↑7	37
26	Nathan	220	↑7	45
27	Benjamin	209	↑9	36
28	Thomas	209	↑3	20
29	Shawn	207	↓2	31
30	Kevin	206	↓4	15
31	William	204	↓8	10
32	Bradley	193	↓3	52
33	Shane	179	↓5	57
34	Anthony	175	↑3	21
35	Paul	169	↑4	29
36	Todd	165	↓11	43
37	Adam	162	↑1	38
38	Troy	155	↓4	69
39	Richard	144	↓4	16
40	Jonathan	137	↑7	30
41	Cory	129	↑1	99
42	Jamie	128	↑2	62
43	Brandon	124	↑5	44
44	Charles	109	↑1	25
45	Gregory	107	↓5	33
46	Brent	106	–	79
47	Corey	102	new	71
48	Craig	101	↑2	58
49	Patrick	101	↓8	39
50	Bryan	100	↓1	47

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